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South Korean workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home

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103 points MilnerRoute | 4 comments | 07 Sep 25 13:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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givemeethekeys ◴[07 Sep 25 14:56 UTC] No.45158722[source]▶
I find it amazing that theres so much sympathy towards giant Korean megacorp here.

“Oh, maybe they got mixed up with the visa because language”. No they did not.

“Oh, maybe it’s really difficult to find local talent”. No it isn’t. Not for them.

There are many advantages for them to illegally fly in a whole Workforce. That is why they did it.

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mattnewton ◴[07 Sep 25 15:22 UTC] No.45158989[source]▶
It’s more exasperation at how ridiculous this process is, treating foreign labor like dangerous criminals by default.
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dazilcher ◴[07 Sep 25 15:36 UTC] No.45159113[source]▶
How do you suggest we should treat foreign illegal labor?
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mattnewton ◴[07 Sep 25 18:30 UTC] No.45160901[source]▶
In this case, give them and the company responsible a court summons?

Instead they detained all the Koreans in the building and appear to have used them as a negotiating chip in an upcoming “deal” with the government of South Korea. This is behavior we expect of a banana republic not an allied nation of laws.

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cmxch[dead post] ◴[07 Sep 25 22:04 UTC] No.45162604[source]▶
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1. amatecha ◴[07 Sep 25 23:59 UTC] No.45163406[source]▶
To the people who already lived in NA before we settlers took over, we were the "illegals". The irony of xenophobic fear of immigrants will never cease to amuse me. (signed, a descendant of Zacharie Cloutier)
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2. s1artibartfast ◴[08 Sep 25 00:52 UTC] No.45163728[source]▶
It's not really that ironic. The native Americans fought and lost. If they had their way there would be no USA or settlers. Where is the irony in this?

It seems the lesson is that if foreign people want to come and live here, they better come with an army and be prepared to fight. Another lesson is that if you let them in they will displace you and diminish your autonomy.

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3. amatecha ◴[08 Sep 25 05:37 UTC] No.45164927[source]▶
Immigrants, by and large, aren't waging war or invading.

Of course the indigenous people fought - their home was being totally taken over, by force. That's not what's happening today.

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4. helqn ◴[08 Sep 25 06:35 UTC] No.45165222{3}[source]▶
What’s happening today is that megacorps are bringing in people illegally to dump the salaries of the locals and for some reason the left, which should fight for the working rights of the locals, is siding with the revenue of the billionaires.